November 5, 1898. 
THE GARDENING WORLD 
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colour is richer and more decided. It is rich 
crimson-rose with a buff-rose reverse. Mrs. 
Barks, a sport from that grand yellow, Edith Tabor, 
is like the parent in everything but colour, which is 
buff-yellow, striped with chestnut. Mrs. T. Carring¬ 
ton may be described as a vastly improved Australie, 
the plant being dwarfer, a better doer, and the 
foliage more leathery and substantial. The colour is 
rich rosy-amaranth, with a silvery-rose reverse. Le 
Grand Dragon is equally as good in its way. When 
taken on the second crown bud it comes a rich 
orange-yellow, with a narrow margin of chestnut- 
red to each floret. 
The Convention, an incurved Jap. with pointed 
florets, is worthy of note by reason of its deep terra 
cotta hue with cinnamon reverse, for we have not 
too many flowers of this stamp. President Bevan, 
which has been fully described in our columns, we 
also found in capital form. The white Viviand 
Morel, Mrs. J. Ritson, is another flouer that will 
find favour with many. It possesses the splendid 
constitution of its parent, but as a white bloom we 
have others that are ahead of it. 
Amongst the incurved section the most promising 
novelty is Emile Nonin, a medium-sized bloom of a 
peculiar colour which may perhaps be best expressed 
by the term cinnabar-red. Le Marcedon is some¬ 
thing after Baron Hirsch in style, but larger and 
even coarser ; indeed, according to our way of think¬ 
ing it is much too coarse to become popular. 
Standard Varieties. —As all of these are to be 
found at Earlswood it is obvious that we cannot hope 
to mention all of them, but it may be of service to 
our readers to note the behaviour of some of the 
more prominent amongst this legion of varieties. In 
the ranks of the Japs Madame Carnot, G. J. Warren, 
and Mrs. Mease, as grown side by side, represent a 
charming family, the soft primrose-yellow of Mrs. 
Mease being quite distinct from the rich yellow of 
G. J. Warren. In height of the plants there is noth¬ 
ing to choose between the three sorts. M. Chenon 
de Lecbe and Julia Scaramanga, both of which did 
so well at Earlswood last year, have been but quali¬ 
fied successes this season. Georgina Pitcher, Joseph 
ChamberlaiD, and Mme. P. Rivoire are fairly good, 
and Werther is in grand form. Julian Hillpert and 
Mrs. Weeks are showing fairly well, but Western 
King is not good. 
Amongst the incurves Topaze Orientale, Mme. 
Ferlat, Lady Isabel, Harold Wells, and Mme. Des- 
blanc are all rendering an excellent account of them¬ 
selves. 
Decorative Varieties. —Of these Mr. Wells 
has a magnificent stock. In addition to the plants 
that are to be seen at the home establishment, a piece 
of ground some two acres in extent.and distant about 
a mile from Earlswcod, near the sewage farm, has 
been devoted to them. Although io° of frost were 
experienced towards the end of September the plants 
in the open were not injured to any great extent, and 
as there has been practically no frost throughout 
October they are, at the time of writing, in full 
bloom. As they are planted in breaks of one variety 
the effect produced from a spectacular point of view 
is both striking and varied. Than Mytchett White 
and Market White two finer white sorts could not be 
desired, and the same praise may be given to Myt¬ 
chett Beauty and Mme. Ligre Ligneau, which are the 
cream of the yellow-flowered sorts. Yellow Gem, a 
yellow pompon, is both neat and prelty, and as it is 
a remarkably free flowerer is worthy of attention as 
a bedder. Crimson Precocite, terra cotta-red, is 
another grand bedding variety. Albert Chausson, 
Nellie Brown, Ryecroft Glory, Crimson Pride, 
Martinmas, and Francois Veuillermet are other 
gems that cannot easily be too highly praised for the 
glow of colour they give to the autumn garden. 
WOODHATCH LODGE, REIGATE. 
Mr. C. J. Salter, gardener to T. B. Haywood, Esq., 
at Woodhatch Lodge, Reigate, has loDg been known 
as one of our best and most successful cultivators of 
the Chrysanthemum, and we went thither expecting 
to see something above mediocrity. Nor were we 
disappointed, for Mr. Salter has every reason to be 
proud of his 1898 plants. The collection is not an 
excessively large one from a numerical point of view, 
for only about 600 plants are grown to produce large 
flowers, but these have been so skilfully treated that 
the most has been got out of them and every plant 
turned to account. 
The plants in flower are accommodated in two 
commodious lean-to Peach houses facing due south, 
which, however, have only the back wall occupied 
by the Peaches, the roof and front beiDg quite clear. 
The Chrysanthemums are thus placed under the 
most favourable conditions with regard to light, and 
it is not surprising that large flowers with magnifi¬ 
cent colour development have been obtained. The 
plants throughout are in excellent condition, for Mr. 
Salter has effectually disposed of the " rust ” by 
applications of petroleum. From a spectacular 
point of view the sight of the plants viewed en masse 
is a grand one. They are arranged in a broad, 
sloping bank of bloom, rising from a little over 3 ft. 
in the front rank to 9 ft. or 10 ft. in the back row, 
where some of the tallest plants we have yet seen 
are placed. 
The collection is especially rich in incurved 
varieties, of which all the best are grown. The 
cinnabar-red-hued Emile Nonin is one of the best 
of the novelties. It is a neat and pretty front row 
flower. The comparatively new and massive forms 
Madame Ferlat, Mme. Desblanc, Mrs. J. Lewis, and 
Ma Perfection, are all in capital trim, and we must 
not forget to make mention of Lucille de la Drome, 
a new yellow incurve, of noble proportions. Mrs. 
R. C. Kingston in the back row is carrying three 
splendid blooms to a plant, whilst Duchess of Fife, 
Miss M. A. Haggas, D. B. Crane, Globe d’Or, Violet 
TomliD, Jeanne d’Arc, C. H. Curtis, and The Queens, 
which are too well known to need description, are well 
represented by blooms that ara fit for any show- 
board in the kingdom, 
Not less fine are the Japanese varieties, of which 
there is a magnificent colour range. We were par¬ 
ticularly impressed with some giant plants of 
Australie, Edith Tabor, C. B. Haywood, and Madame 
Carnot, whose colossal blooms towered above and 
dwarfed all else. The comparatively new Lady 
Ridgeway is to be seen with a plant carrying three 
superb samples of the beautiful salmon-buff blooms 
of enormous depth and size. These three flowers are 
far and away the best that we have seen of this variety, 
which by the way was certificated by theN.C.S. last 
year. M. Chenon de Leche has not done so well in 
many quarters this year as it did last season, but at 
Woodhatch the flowers are quite equal to the best 
that have ever been staged. 
Amongst novelties the Australian seedling Miss 
Nellie Pockett is very conspicuous with its curly, 
creamy-white blooms. Mary Calvat, a new French 
variety raised by M. Calvat, of Grenoble, is promising 
well here. The florets are long, broad, rather stiff, 
and smooth with pointed apices, the colour being 
bright rosy-pink. Mrs. T. Carrington Mr. Salter 
thinks highly of and claims that it is the best novelty 
of the year, and no one that has seen the variety 
with its long, massive, pointed petals and rich purple- 
amaranth hue would think his praise exaggerated. 
Pride of Stokell, a sport from Pride of Madford that 
originated in Australia, is another highly-promising 
form of similar build of bloom and habit of plant to 
its parent. The colour, however, is much richer and 
more effective, being rich crimson-red with buff 
reverse. 
Such standard Japanese varieties as Phoebus, 
Lady Hanham, Chas. Davis, Mrs. S. C. Probin, 
N.C.S. Jubilee, Mrs. W. H. Lees, Mme. Marie 
Ricaud, J. Sbrimpton, G. C. Schwabe, Oceana, 
Robert Owen, A. H. Wood, Amiral Avellan, 
Werther, Mrs. Mating Grant, Louise, M. Panc- 
koucke, and Miss Elsie Teichmann have all done 
exceedingly well, and it would be very difficult to 
over-praise their beauty, and excellence of build and 
colour. Even that erratic, but handsome crimson 
and gold flower, Edwin Molyneux, has been coaxed 
to give a capital account of itself, and three finer 
blooms than one plant is carrying it would be difficult 
to wish for. 
Amongst reflexed forms, we must not forget to 
make mention of that old, but useful sort, King of 
Crimsons, than which we have never seen finer 
samples than those which have been produced under 
Mr. Salter’s care. The yellow reflexed Dorothy 
Gibson, is also well represented. 
Numbers of plants in 32-sized pots are grown, 
eacd of them being allowed to carry one bloom. 
These occupy a shelf on the side of the path next the 
front of one of the houses. A similar shelf in the 
other show house is filled by a row of plants of 
pompon, single, and decorative varieties grown 
naturally. These are loosely tied up to a wire 
trellis, and hang therefrom in graceful sprays of 
bloom. Eynsford Gem, Julia Lagravere, Pygmalion 
Curiosity, Maid of Kent, Mary Anderson, Miss 
Annie Holden, and Prince of Orange are some of the 
numerous varieties utilised in this way. 
CHRYSANTHEMUMS FROM ROTHESAY. 
The mild and open autumn has been productive of 
a wealth of autumn flowers in the open, amongst 
which early flowering Chrysanthemums take a pro¬ 
minent position. A box of the larger flowered types 
and another of pompon varieties, numbering in the 
aggregate seventy sorts, have reached us from 
Messrs. Dobbie & Co., Rothesay, N.B , where the 
flowers were cut on the 27th ult. Even after the 
great storm, which prevailed there the previous week, 
the flowers sent us were wonderfully fresh, and fit 
for decorative purposes. 
Amongst the larger types which would be classed 
amongst the Japanese earlies, pure white varieties 
of different form were Mrs. Martin, Mrs. Squire, 
Doris Peto (all classed as new for this year), Edmond 
Duval and Mme. Carmeaux. Several were of a 
creamy shade, including Mrs. Geo. Hill (new), 
Silversmith and Arthur Crepey. Sunshine was a 
fine golden-yellow variety, while Orange Child and 
October Yellow were bright yellow. Mme. A. Groz. 
and Lutea were pale shades. Of numerous bronze 
varieties Louis Lemaire, Mons. G. Dubot, Alfred 
Droz and De la Guille were distinct and beautiful. 
From bronze sorts of varying shades to the deep 
orange of Alfred Chameson, Gaspard Boucharlet 
and Mme. F. de Cariel is a wide stretch, the latter 
being of a similar shade to Source d'Or. Bronze 
Prince and Coral Queen have salmon tints. 
Pink, rose and intermediate shades ranged from 
the delicate blush of President Lefebvre to the lively 
rose of Mons. G. Grunerwald and Mme. E. Berg¬ 
man, both being useful sorts of the first water. Of 
numerous dark purple varieties we singled out Edith 
Syratt, Magenta Dodo and Reve C. de Bruxelles as 
the best to our liking. Mons. G. Meiner and Gen. 
Hawkes might be described as crimson-purple 
varieties amongst the best of their kind. Roi de 
Precoces, and Crimson Queen were excellent crimson 
sorts, and Jeanne Vuilermet was maroon-crimson. 
Pompons were represented by a similar range of 
colours, the pink, rose and bronze varieties being 
the most numerous. As white varieties, White St. 
Crouts, St. Mary, and Mrs. Cullingford require no 
recommendation, beiDg standard sorts. Primrose 
yellow varieties were L’Ami Conderchet and Petil- 
lant, both well established. Brilliant yellows were 
Canari, Precocite, Golden Fleece, and Flora, all in¬ 
dispensable in representative collections. Bronze 
varieties always meet with a great amount of popu¬ 
larity, and in this instance were well represented bj 
Bronze Blushing Bride, Fred Maronet, La Luxem¬ 
bourg, and Mme. Lefort, all distinct and charming 
shades. Equally fire were the bronzy-crimson 
Toreador and Alice Butcher, forming a transition to 
the rich and glowiDg crimson of Scarlet Gem and 
Fred Pele. 
The blush, pink and rose varieties were particu¬ 
larly numerous and well calculated to meet the taste 
of everyone. Miss Davis and Longfellow were good 
blush varieties. It would be difficult to make a 
selection of the best blush-pink or pink varieties 
such as Mr. Selly, Early Blush, Martinmas, Blush¬ 
ing Bride, Jacinthe, and J. B. Duvoir, for they 
differed in size, shade and uniformity of colour, and 
in other particulars for which it would be necessary 
to see the plants growing; but all of them are of 
well recognised merit. Very much darker rose were 
Strathmeath and Le Poete des Chrysanthemes. A 
very choice variety was the rich rose and neatly- 
formed Lyon. The utility of these early-flowering 
Chrysanthemums is becoming more and more recog¬ 
nised. In all the more favoured parts of the country 
they flower till a late period, and furnish a great 
amount for cut flower purposes, when hardy outdoor 
subjects are getting scarce. They entail but a mini¬ 
mum amount of labour and expense in the simple 
details of culture they require. 
A big and showy Mint.—A writer in Meehan's 
Monthly, while speaking of a trip he made in Indian 
territory, mentions a tall Mint with brilliant blue 
flowers, f in. long and borne in spikes 6 in. to 12 in. 
long. As it blooms profusely for a loDg time and is 
conspicuous, according to the writer, it would put all 
the British and probably the European Mints into 
the shade. 
